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The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the conference report.

The clerk will call the roll.

Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, on this vote I have a pair with the Senator from Texas, [Mr. Gramm]. If he were present and voting he would vote `aye.' If I were permitted to vote, I would vote `nay.' I therefore withhold my vote.

Mr. LOTT. I announce that the Senator from Missouri [Mr. Bond], the Senator from Texas [Mr. Gramm], and the Senator from Delaware [Mr. Roth] are necessarily absent.

Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from California [Mrs. Boxer] is necessarily absent.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote?